CA2834988A1 - System comprising a co-axial insertion-type connector and a co-axial cable - Google Patents

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CA2834988A1
CA2834988A1 CA2834988A CA2834988A CA2834988A1 CA 2834988 A1 CA2834988 A1 CA 2834988A1 CA 2834988 A CA2834988 A CA 2834988A CA 2834988 A CA2834988 A CA 2834988A CA 2834988 A1 CA2834988 A1 CA 2834988A1
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/38Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/622Screw-ring or screw-casing
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/38Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts
    • H01R24/40Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency

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Abstract

The invention relates to a system of a coaxial connector (1) and a coaxial cable (2), wherein the respective outer (3, 4) and inner conductors of the coaxial connector (1) and the coaxial cable (2) are interconnected in an electrically conductive manner. The invention is characterized in that the coaxial connector (1) and the coaxial cable (2) engage into each other in a form-fitting and rotationally secured manner.

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System comprising a co-axial insertion-type connector and a co-axial cable The invention relates to a system comprising a co-axial insertion-type connector and a co-axial cable, the outer conductors and centre conductors of, respectively, the co-axial insertion-type connector and the co-axial cable having electrically conductive connections to one another, and to a method of connecting a system of this lo kind.
Standardised under DIN 47 223 is a co-axial insertion-type connector whose centre conductor is of an outside diameter of approximately 7 mm and whose outer conductor is of an inside diameter of approximately 16 mm. Co-axial insertion-type connectors to DIN 47 223 are therefore also referred to as 7/16 connectors. Because of the specific ratio between the diameters and with air as a dielectric, a characteristic impedance of approximately 50 Q is obtained between the insertion ends of the centre and outer conductors.
A co-axial insertion-type connector designed in accordance with DIN 47 223 in the form of a co-axial plug has, at the insertion end, an end of the centre conductor which is in pin form and which is inserted in a corresponding end, in socket form, of the centre conductor of a co-axial insertion-type connector in the form of a co-axial coupler. When so inserted, the outer conductor of the co-axial plug makes contact with the outer conductor of the co-axial coupler in both the axial and the radial directions in that the tubular end of the outer conductor of the co-axial plug is pressed against an annular step which is formed by the inner side of the outer conductor of the co-axial coupler. The axial force required to do this is applied by means of a ring nut which is rotatably mounted on the co-axial plug and which is screwed onto a corresponding external thread on the co-axial coupler. This screwed connection at the same time serves to secure the co-axial insertion-type connection against coming loose.
Co-axial insertion-type connectors to DIN 47 223 are suitable to have connected to them co-axial cables in which the effective inside diameter of the outer conductor is preferably 10 to 20 mm. The only stipulations which are made in this case in DIN 47 223 are ones relating to the mechanical strengths to be achieved of the connections between the co-axial insertion-type connector and the co-axial cable. There are no stipulations in DIN 47 233 relating to the actual structural design of the connection.
In practice, the connection between co-axial insertion-type connectors of this kind and the corresponding co-axial cable is made by pushing the cable, by the appropriate end, a short distance into the cable end of the co-axial insertion-type connector and then soldering together the outer surface of the outer conductor of the co-axial cable and the inner surface of the corresponding portion of the outer conductor of the co-axial insertion-type connector. However, this type of connection between a co-axial insertion-type connector and a co-axial cable involves a good deal of effort to make it. Also, the inaccessible soldered area calls for a good deal of cost and effort in checking it to ensure that the soldered connection is a joint of the requisite quality.
Taking the above prior art as a point of departure, the object underlying the invention was to specify a system which was improved in respect of the connection between a co-axial insertion-type connector and a co-axial cable. The aim was also to specify an improved method of connecting a system of this kind. In particular, the system and method were to make possible the connecting of a co-axial plug and a co-axial cable which was simple but nevertheless of high quality. What the system was also to make possible was simple subsequent testing of the connection for the purposes of quality assurance.
This object is achieved by virtue of the subject matter of the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments of the system according to the invention and the method lo according to the invention form the subject matter of the respective sets of dependent claims and can be seen from the following description of the invention.
The idea underlying the invention is that, by so forming the co-axial insertion-type connector and the co-ls axial connection that they engage in one another in such a way as to be positively interengaged and secured against twisting (i.e. the positive interengagement is so designed that it prevents any relative rotation of the two components), an advantageous way of connecting a system 20 comprising these two elements, whose outer and centre conductors are connected together by electrically conductive connections, can be achieved. Not only does the positively interengaged connection between the co-axial insertion-type connector and the co-axial cable which 25 secures them against relative rotation have advantages in this case when the connections are loaded with a torque, but the design according to the invention may indeed also produce an improved joint configuration as a result of which a connection made by adhesion or coalescence, and in 30 particular by soldering or welding, becomes simpler and better able to be checked.
Provision is preferably made for the outer conductors of the co-axial insertion-type connector and the co-axial cable of the system according to the invention to engage in one another by positive interengagement in such a way as to be secured against twisting, because - in comparison with a design (which can also be produced) which is positively s interengaged and secured against twisting but where the connection is between the two centre conductors - on the one hand higher torques can be transmitted and on the other hand the connecting joint produced by the interengagement of the co-axial insertion-type connector and the co-axial cable is accessible from the outside, which may simplify connection by adhesion or coalescence.
In a particularly preferred embodiment of the system according to the invention, provision is made for the outer conductor of the co-axial cable and/or of the co-axial insertion-type connector to have at least one longitudinal tongue which engages in a cut-out in the outer conductor of the co-axial insertion-type connector or the co-axial cable. What is meant in this case by "longitudinal tongue"
is, in general terms, a projection on the end-face of the outer conductor.
As a particular preference, provision may be made for longitudinal tongues of the outer conductors of both the co-axial insertion-type connector and the co-axial cable to engage in one another (after the fashion of claws). A
design of this kind for the system according to the invention may result in a relatively long connecting joint, in the form of a butt joint, which in particular is fully accessible from the outside and which can be connected by means of a square butt seam. Because of the full accessibility, a connection of this kind between a co-axial insertion-type connector and a co-axial cable can not only be soldered but the possibility also exists of its being welded (in particular by means of a laser).
In what is also a preferred embodiment of system according to the invention, provision may be made for a protective covering to be provided which surrounds both a portion of the co-axial insertion-type connector and a portion of the co-axial cable. A protective covering of this kind may for example prevent dirt and moisture from penetrating into the co-axial insertion-type connector.
Provision may preferably be made in this case for the protective covering to take the form of a (rigid) sleeve, whereby a further improvement may be made in the ability of the point of connection in the system according to the invention to withstand mechanical loads.
The invention will be explained in detail in what follows by reference to embodiments which are shown in the drawings. In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is an isometric view of a first embodiment of system according to the invention.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the system shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an exploded isometric view of a second embodiment of system according to the invention.
Figs. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of system according to the invention which comprises a co-axial insertion-type connector 1 and a co-axial cable 2 connected thereto. what are actually shown there are two corresponding systems, with the co-axial insertion-type connector 1 of one system taking the form of a co-axial coupler la and that of the other system taking the form of a co-axial plug lb. However, the structural and functional nature of the connection of the respective co-axial insertion-type connectors 1 to the corresponding co-axial cables 2 is the same for both the systems shown.
Each of the co-axial insertion-type connectors 1 comprises an outer conductor 3 which has an electrically conductive connection to a corresponding outer conductor 4 of the particular co-axial cable 2 concerned. Each of the co-axial insertion-type connectors I also comprises a centre conductor 5 which has an electrically conductive connection to a corresponding centre conductor 6 of a co-axial cable 2. The outer conductor 3 and centre conductor 5 of each of the co-axial insertion-type connectors 1 are connected together across respective ones of two insulators 7 in disc form, there being, where the co-axial plug-in connection formed by the two co-axial insertion-type connectors 1 is in the plugged-together state, an annular space 8 in the region of the insertion ends of the outer conductor 3 and centre conductor 5 in which air is provided as a dielectric to insulate the outer conductor 3 and centre conductor 5.
The first co-axial insertion-type connector 1, which is shown on the left-hand side of Figs. 1 and 2, takes the form of a co-axial coupler la, the insertion end of the centre conductor 5 taking a bush-like form to receive a corresponding end, in pin form, of the centre conductor 5 of the second co-axial insertion-type connector, which takes the form of a co-axial plug lb. Formed on the inside of the outer conductor 3 of the co-axial coupler la, there is also a radial step 9 which acts as an axial stop in said outer conductor and, at the same time, as an axial surface for contact thereof for the corresponding insertion end of the outer conductor 3 of the co-axial plug lb. The axial surfaces for contact of the outer conductors 3 of the two co-axial insertion-type connectors 1 shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are of a saw-tooth form, i.e. they form a plurality of identical projections 10 which are arranged at the same pitch and taper to a point and which engage between projections 10 just like them from the surface for contact of whichever is the other outer conductor 3.
To connect the two co-axial insertion-type connectors 1 securely, the co-axial plug lb is provided with a ring nut 11 whose internal thread engages on a corresponding external thread on the co-axial coupler la, the two co-axial insertion-type connectors 1 being pressed against one another axially by screwing the two threaded parts together. When they are so pressed, the ring nut 11, which is rotatably mounted on the outer conductor 3 of the co-axial plug lb, is supported against a radial projection 12 on the outer conductor 3 of the co-axial plug lb.
Also, the co-axial cables 2 have an insulator 14 which is arranged between the outer conductor 4 and centre conductor 6 and a protective sheath 15, of material which is not (electrically) conductive, which surrounds the outer conductor 4.
Both the respective cable ends of the outer conductors 3 of the co-axial insertion-type connectors 1 and the respective connector ends of the outer conductors 4 of the co-axial cables 2 are formed to have longitudinal tongues 13 which are situated opposite each other radially. Between each pair of these longitudinal tongues 13 are formed two cut-outs in which the longitudinal tongues 13 of the other part of the connection are able to engage. This produces a connection between the outer connectors 3,4 of the given co-axial insertion-type connector 1 and of the associated co-axial cable 2 which is secured against twisting by positive interengagement, there also being formed a butt joint which is fully accessible from the outside because it extends at the surface for its entire length (see Fig. 1) and which enables the two outer conductors 3,4 to be joined by soldering or even by (laser) welding in a way which is easy and can, in particular, also be checked satisfactorily.
A connection between the respective centre conductors 5, 6 of the given co-axial insertion-type connector 1 and the associated co-axial cable 2 is obtained by virtue of the fact that the connector end of the centre conductor 6 of the co-axial cable 2 projects beyond the end of the outer conductor 4 and the insulator 15 of the co-axial cable 2, whereby said connector end can be inserted in the cable end in bush form of the centre conductor 5 of the given co-axial insertion-type connector 1.
The embodiment of system according to the invention which is shown in Fig. 3 differs from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in essence in the design of the cable end of the outer conductor 3 of the given co-axial insertion-type connector 1. Said co-axial insertion-type connector 1 is of a cylindrical form (on the outside), there being provided on the inside a recess in the form of a transverse slot 16 (having parallel side-walls) in which the longitudinal tongues 13 of the outer conductor 4 of the given co-axial cable and the portion which is situated between them of the insulator 14 thereof can in turn be inserted. This embodiment produces a connecting joint which extends round in an annular loop and which once again makes joining possible by soldering or (laser) welding. Alternatively or in addition, a joint between the two outer conductors 3, 4 of the given co-axial insertion-type connector 1 and of the associated co-axial cable 2 can also be obtained by joining the outer surfaces of the two longitudinal tongues 13 of the outer conductor 4 of the co-axial cable 2 and the corresponding portion of the inside of the outer conductor 4 of the co-axial insertion-type connector 1 by a joint made by adhesion or coalescence and in particular by soldering.
The systems according to the invention which are shown in the drawings may in addition be provided with a protective covering in the form of a (rigid) sleeve 17 such as is shown in Fig. 2. The sleeve 17 is supported at one of its ends against a surrounding step 18 on the outer conductor 3 of the co-axial insertion-type connector 1 concerned. The other end of the sleeve 17 is angled in at a right angle and thus engages against the protective sheath of the co-axial cable 2 concerned.

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1. System comprising a co-axial insertion-type connector (1) and a co-axial cable (2), the outer conductors (3, 4) and centre conductors (5, 6) of, respectively, the co-axial insertion-type connector (1) and the co-axial cable (2) having electrically conductive connections to one another, characterised in that the co-axial insertion-type connector (1) and the co-axial cable (2) engage in one another by positive interengagement in such a way as to be secured against twisting.
2. System according to claim 1, characterised in that the outer conductors (3, 4) of the co-axial insertion-type connector (1) and the co-axial cable (2) engage in one another by positive interengagement in such a way as to be secured against twisting.
3. System according to claim 2, characterised in that the outer conductor (3, 4) of the co-axial cable (2) and/or of the co-axial insertion-type connector (1) has at least one longitudinal tongue (13) which engages in a cut-out in the co-axial insertion-type connector (1) or the co-axial cable (2).
4. System according to claim 3, characterised in that longitudinal tongues (13) of the outer conductors (3, 4) of the co-axial insertion-type connector (1) and the co-axial cable (2) engage in one another.
5. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterised by a protective covering which surrounds a portion both of the co-axial insertion-type connector (1) and of the co-axial cable (2).
6. System according to claim 5, characterised in that the protective covering takes the form of a rigid sleeve (13).
7. Method of connecting a system according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the co-axial insertion-type connector (1) and the co-axial cable (2) are welded together.
8. Method according to claim 7, characterised in that the welding is done by laser.
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